By Arundhati Roy Courtesy:- The Caravan magazine February 13, 2020 This is the text of the 2020 Clark Lecture in English Literature, instituted by Trinity College, Cambridge. Arundhati Roy is the first Indian writer invited to deliver it. Thank you for inviting me to deliver this, the Clark Lecture, now in its one hundred and thirty-second year. When I received the invitation, I scrolled down the list of pr ...

By Sajjad Shaukat Every year, January 5 is celebrated in remembrance of the pledges the UNO, as on this very day in 1949, UNCIP (United Nations Commission for Indian Pakistan) resolution adopted in which Kashmiris right of self-determination was granted through a free and impartial plebiscite, while these people have still been living under Indian occupation. During the partition of the Sub-continent, the p ...

By Asif Haroon Raja Kashmir - bone of contention Antagonism between India and Pakistan is a never ending phenomenon mainly due to unresolved Kashmir dispute. It is the unfinished agenda of partition in 1947 left behind by the British. After three wars, the two archrivals have so far refrained from going for the 4th round due to nuclear deterrence acquired by Pakistan. While India succeeded in gaining time t ...

By Sajjad Shaukat 16th December is the day of tragic memory when Pakistan was dismembered and a new state of Bangladesh was created in 1971 as part of Indian conspiracy which still continues against the integration of Pakistan. However, this very day is known as the Fall of Dhaka. India has a long-gone history of many centuries, based upon religious prejudice against the Muslims. In this respect, Indian int ...

By Rida Zaheer Australian Cricket Team won first test match of the series against Pakistan by one inning and five scores. Against Australian first inning 580 score ,Pakistani cricket team just able to make 335 second scores and 240 scores in first innings. Babar Azam made century and wicket keeper Muhammad Rizwan made 83 runs . Pakistani cricket team poor performance on fast pitches is a big mark on their s ...

By Sajjad Shaukat In the recent years, various conferences and seminars have been held regarding the security of nuclear weapons and radioactive materials, as the participant countries were worried that terrorist outfits like the Islamic State group (Also known as Daesh, ISIS and ISIL) may get these fatal weapons and can use against a state actor or any country to create misunderstanding, which may culminat ...

نغمہ حبیب بھارت خود کو دنیا کی سب سے بڑی جمہوریت کہتا ہے۔ یہ درست ہے کیونکہ اِس کی آبادی دنیا کی دوسری بڑی آبادی ہے اور چین میں چونکہ جمہوری حکومت نہیں اس لیے بھارت یہ اعزاز اپنے سرلے لیتا ہے لیکن اگر بھارت کی اقلیتیں اِس کی آبادی میں سے منہا کر دی جائیں، کم ذات ہندو، مسلمان،سکھ، عیسائی،بدھ،جین،پارسی سب نکال دیں تو بھارت باقی ماندہ ہندؤں کے لیے ایک جمہوری ملک ہے۔ اِس جمہوریت کے بھی ہندو مذہب میں انسانوں کے ...

By Sajjad Shaukat The former Soviet Union which had subjugated the minorities and ethnic groups in various provinces and regions through its military, disintegrated in 1991. Even its nuclear weapons could not save its collapse. One of the important causes of the disintegration of the former Russian Empire was that its greater defence expenditure exceeded to the maximum, resulting into economic crises inside ...